The Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities presented a report on proposals to bring together several drug treatment services under a redesigned, single integrated contract.
The Cabinet Member advised that the principal drug treatment access service contract, the Gateway Service, would expire on 31 March 2012 and the new proposals would combine this service with needle exchange and arrest referral services, providing improved outcomes for service users and greater value for money .
Cabinet agreed:-
(i) To the procurement of an Integrated Tier 2 Gateway Drug Treatment Service to include static and pharmacy based Borough Needle Exchange Services, an Outreach Service, an Arrest Referral Service and Single Point of Contact (SPoC) Service for offenders in prison, in accordance with the procurement strategy set out in the report; and
(ii) To authorise the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources and the Divisional Director of Legal and Democratic Services, to award the contract upon conclusion of the procurement process.